Muizenberg, Cape Town : Nice photograph

Sunday, November 9, 2008

Nice photograph

2 comments:

Jilly said...: beautiful image. I really do like your photography. Love your header pic.

Today's black and white seems to tell a story. It so works in B and W.; November 9, 2008 at 6:50 PM
Unknown said...: Thanks a million for the lovely comments
Cheers; November 10, 2008 at 5:48 PM

Interesting Muizenberg

- 1742 the Het Posthuys one of the oldest buildings in South Africa was built.
- 1795 The Battle of Muizenberg was a small but significant military affair that began and ended three months later with the (first) British occupation of the Cape.
- In 1882 the railway line, which for twenty years stopped at Wynberg, was extended to Muizenberg.
- 1895 the Muizenberg Municipality was established.
- 1902 Cecil John Rhodes bought as a holiday cottage and this was where he died.
- 1910 the library opened next to the Natale Labia
- 1911 the Muizenberg Post Office opened.
- 1913 a new railway station was built in Muizenberg.
- 1920 Boyes Drive was completed.